Here it is. The first Microsoft advertisement featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld. It’s not clear yet if this is the one directed by French director Michel Gondry. But I hope not, because it’s really not very good.
The advertisement is Seinfeld and recently retired Microsoft founder Bill Gates spending some time shoe shopping... (Read more)
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Hellewwwww, Microsoft! You guys are frickin' morons! What loser approved THAT ad? The POINT was lost on EVERYBODY! NOBODY missed the point of the Apple ads, get it?
Seriously, that ad was as tired as Seinfeld himself. We're almost a decade into the new Millenium and your ad is stuck in the '90s. Microsoft = The new Bell.
If you're going to spend that kind of coin on commercials do something with your money like those Toyota Tundra ramp/braking/cliff/towing commercials. At least they're visually interesting. Who want's to see arcane '70s references to some clown shoe shop? Geez, it's bad enough I have to support the product and the slap in the face from the Mac guys. Do I really need to be slapped back the other way by Bill himself?
That ad made me want to buy a mac.
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